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The Great Space Wedding Compromise

My daughter's ideas strange as could be A moonscape wedding demanded from me Would Lunar sites open June twenty-three I checked with NASA; it wasn't to be What now? said my daughter, awash in tears Reliving some of her very worst fears Earthbound doesn't cut it, she pleaded so I had to think fast, but what did I know Despair to my left. Disgrace on my right I sat there a-thinking, all the long night... Morning dawned bright, solution's clarity A space station wedding, so easy to see Rejoicing's at hand -- let's strike up the band We blast off tonight, from warm desert sands

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Date: 1/27/2020 9:22:00 PM
Now those are pretty exciting wedding plans. LOL Good luck with that, Gershon.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/28/2020 7:39:00 AM
Hope nobody gets 'too high' at the wedding! LOL. Thanks, Line! Warmest wishes, Gershon
Date: 1/27/2020 7:02:00 PM
That's what you call giving your daughter the moon and the stars! This was great my friend!;)
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Brenda Chiri
Date: 1/28/2020 12:45:00 AM
Hahaha still you make me laugh my friend thanks for that!;) mooning your daughter hshaga
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/27/2020 8:43:00 PM
Thank you so much, Brenda. At least I wasn't mooning my daughter, eh? Smiles, Gershon
Date: 1/27/2020 6:11:00 PM
A space flight on her wedding night, that zero-gravity could be tricky. Haha!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/27/2020 8:42:00 PM
Ha, ha, ha. More than a little (tricky), no doubt. Her husband might also have an interesting experience, eh?! LOL. Thanks for the uplifting comment! Smiles, Gershon
Date: 1/27/2020 3:59:00 PM
ha! might be the first hora in space, gershon! i enjoyed...
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/27/2020 6:25:00 PM
Ha, ha: Maybe they'd have to rename that star cluster, the Hora Borealis! ~ Cheers, Gershon
Date: 1/27/2020 3:52:00 PM
If you held it on the moon you'd have plenty of green cheese to serve at the reception. : )
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/27/2020 6:23:00 PM
Now you know why I prefer the space station... Thanks, Chris. :) gw

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